Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker: Javasakunda Jataka

c. 175–225 CE
Overall: 30.7 x 54.2 x 9.6 cm (12 1/16 x 21 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
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Scenes from the past lives of the Buddha were among the major themes found on early Buddhist monuments. This one exemplifies his acts of kindness and his intelligence in one of his past lives when he was a born as a woodpecker and helped dislodge a bone from a lion's throat.
Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker:  Javasakunda Jataka

Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker: Javasakunda Jataka

c. 175–225 CE

Southern India, Andhra Pradesh, possibly Amaravati, Satavahana period (100s BC-AD 200s)

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